An Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe a viable Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Clondalkin overnight.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to an address at Greenfort Park, Clondalkin in response to a request by the Gardai.

The team arrived on scene at 0.25am and made the device safe by means of a controlled explosion. The remains of the device were handed over to the Gardai for their investigations, and the scene was declared safe at 3.15am.

This is the third callout for Defence Forces Bomb Disposal Teams in the past 24 hours.